It's been a fairly quiet week here,knitting wise. I've been working on my mothers Leyburns. The first one was hard going. I think I quickly understood the relatively simple pattern, but did not understand what was actually going on, which made it a struggle.
Anyway, I've just turned the heel on the second one, so it won't be long now. I want to be with her when she gets them though, as they are a bit tight over the heel, but great once they are on, kind of like Jaywalkers. As she has quite ... generous ankles, maybe I should have chosen a different pattern, but these are so pretty. They are going on holidays on the 28 of this month, so I have to decide whether to send the socks with them, or wait. Ahh, decisions.
Stephen West released the first MKAL clue on Thursday night. I started knitting it without looking at spoilers. When I got up on Friday he had sent through an "alternative" clue one. I then went and had a look at the spoiler thread to try to work out what was going on. Which was that some people thought the pattern looked like a "German hate symbol". I knit on anyway, since I was half-way through. Then he took down the original clue, replacing it with a mitred square in garter stitch. The Ravelry forums and Instagram are a complete shit-show, even though Rav is being moderated. It's been a bit disheartening, having something that is usually quite light and fun weighed down with all this. I admire Stephen's quick and sensitive response to this drama. I also feel that anything can look like anything if you squint. To me this looks like a Celtic knot. I think mine is pretty, and I'll knit on through all crises.
Hi Sharon. Love these blue beauties. Well done! I'm a sock knitting nut too, and I was told about you by Jen L. I'm looking for experienced sock knitters to be teachers in a sock knitting workshop to be held either late November or early December. It's part of a community project I'm organising called "People of the sock". The socks produced as a result of the workshop will be going to people who are homeless for Xmas. We'd love to have you on board as a teacher. We're having a meeting about the project for all who are interested at Morris and Sons in the city next Wednesday, 3 November from 5pm to 6pm. If you want more info, go to my blog at "Solid gold creativity" and search for "People of the sock" and/or email me via the blog. The project is about spreading the joy of making, and we invite you to join us.
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